Sunday 6 December 2015

Magnified image of faintest galaxy from early universe


TIME AND SPACE
Magnified image of faintest galaxy from early universe Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 04, 2015 - Astronomers harnessing the combined power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have found the faintest object ever seen in the early universe. It existed about 400 million years after the big bang, 13.8 billion years ago. The team has nicknamed the object Tayna, which means "first-born" in Aymara, a language spoken in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America. Though Hubble ... more

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